Word: electioneering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Divided House. Last year's election ended indecisively when none of the four national parties gained a clear majority of seats in the House of Commons; as leader of the largest group (112 of 265 members), Diefenbaker was invited to form the new government. He brought in legislation to...
On March 25 The West Indies will take an important step on the road to self-government. The federation of the onetime British colonies of Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados and seven other main islands-8,000 sq. mi. of land and 3,000,000 people sprawled over 1,500 miles of...
Probable winner of the election: the mildly socialist West Indies Federal Labor Party, which should win at least 26 of the 45 seats and organize the government. Probable Prime Minister: Oxford-educated Lawyer Sir Grantley Herbert Adams, 59, one of the pioneer federationists and founders of the F.L.P., now Premier...
Ovation. Listeners over 14, said Miller, are rebelling by turning off radios and programing for themselves with phonographs. He snorted at the jockeys' attempt to justify what they play by arguing that they only "give them what they want." Asked he: "Does the demand for a record come because...
The biggest argument over proposed tax cuts is whether they should be temporary or permanent. Illinois' Democratic Senator Paul Douglas favors a temporary cut for six months or a year, with the termination date written into law. The argument for a temporary cut is that, though reinstatement of any...